BRIAN J. CANTWELL'S MEMORIALS OF THE DEAD

Brian J.Cantwell's Memorials of the Dead contains transcriptions of c. 67,300 people from 24,400 memorials taken from over 540 graveyards and churches; primarily from Counties Wicklow, Wexford and South Dublin but include published and unpublished work from Counties Clare, Cork, Kildare, Galway and Sligo. The field work, conducted between 1970-91, include all visible legible memorials in graveyards up to 1880 and all interior church memorials. The website contains indices and relevant texts either taken from the CD, published in 2005, or specially written and developed for online research, now available from Irish Origins since Novemeber 2009.

There are two sections: Texts and Indexes.

Texts

Introduction
Biography
Surname Index Introduction
Interesting Memorials
Appendices: Memorial Transcription Methods and Advice, Decorated Headstones, Humorous Pieces, Obituaries and Bibliography

Indexes

The Indexes are divided into four parts

Graveyard Index
Surname Index
Placename Index
Occupational Index

The Graveyard Indexes are subdivided into two parts

The Surname Index is subdivided into three parts

Surnames in Counties Wicklow and Wexford
Surnames in Co. Dublin
Surnames in Cos. Clare, Cork, Kildare, Galway and Sligo

The Placename Index is subdivided into five parts

Places in Ireland from Co. Wicklow graveyards and churches
Places in Ireland from Co. Wexford graveyards and churches
Places in Ireland from South Co. Dublin graveyards and churches
Places in Ireland from Cos. Clare, Cork, Galway, Kildare and Sligo graveyards and churches
Places outside of Ireland from all graveyards and churches in the above counties

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